{"id":42,"date":"2011-01-13T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/2011\/01\/the-edge-of-kindness.html"},"modified":"2011-01-13T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T09:30:32","slug":"the-edge-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/01\/the-edge-of-kindness.html","title":{"rendered":"The Edge of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I considered the weight of current events, I promised myself to live to the absolute outer edge of my capacity for kindness.&nbsp; My own personal response to the many angry words being tossed about and the harshness of so many actions, this very day, in our world.<\/p>\n<p>Being willing to be EXTRA kind was like an invitation to sweet opportunity.&nbsp; Are these chances around me every day?&nbsp; It is aptly understood that we see what we expect to see&#8230;so today I saw opportunity for extraordinary kindness one right after another.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The grace in this commitment is this:&nbsp; extraordinary kindnesses were unexpectedly offered to me.&nbsp; Kindness must move in a circle!&nbsp; I wonder how your day might be inpacted if you invited yourself to stand to the absolute edge of your own capacity for kindnes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I considered the weight of current events, I promised myself to live to the absolute outer edge of my capacity for kindness.&nbsp; My own personal response to the many angry words being tossed about and the harshness of so many actions, this very day, in our world. 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